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West Virginia University. Department of History

 Organization

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

James Morton Callahan, Historian, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1000
Scope and Contents

Letters to Dr. Callahan, mainly from members of his family; typescripts on the history of West Virginia University; and miscellaneous research and clippings relating to his published and unpublished writings.

Dates: 1940-1956

John A. Williams, Drafts of "West Virginia - A Film History"

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2532
Overview

Donor authored drafts of "West Virginia - A Film History," and a first draft of "West Virginia: A History for Beginners".

Dates: ca.1972-1992

Morgantown Historic Properties Inventory, Building Survey

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2840
Overview

Historic Properties Inventory forms for buildings in Morgantown, West Virginia, prepared by history students at West Virginia University for the West Virginia State Historic Preservation Unit.

Dates: 1982

Oliver Perry Chitwood (1874-1971), History Professor, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2219
Overview Correspondence, research notes, and manuscripts of a professor of history at West Virginia University (1907-1946), professor emeritus (1946-1971), and author of several college history textbooks and biographies. Subjects include book publishing, newspaper and magazine articles, correspondence with legislators and congressmen, personal correspondence, former students, and the Democratic Convention delegate selection in 1928. Also included are materials on Chitwood's books JOHN TYLER: CHAMPION...
Dates: 1907-1969

Oscar Doane Lambert (1888-1959), Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1505
Scope and Contents Correspondence and the original draft of “West Virginia and Its Government” by Dr. Oscar D. Lambert, West Virginia University history professor and manuscripts collector for the West Virginia Collection. Papers deal with Dr. Lambert's teaching duties, his various writings and publications, and his archival collecting activities at the West Virginia and Regional History Center.Series include: Series 1. Correspondence, 1944–1955 (boxes 1-5) Series 2. Correspondence,...
Dates: 1944-1959

West Virginia University, Department of History, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2216
Scope and Contents

Records of the WVU Department of History, consisting of applications for positions, invoices, purchase records, material on the Army Special Training Program, and faculty material such as grade books, exams, lecture notes, and course outlines.

Dates: 1902-1963

West Virginia University, History Department, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0795
Overview

Student assignment sheets and rules for the National Youth Administration program, history program, history department WVU.

Dates: 1939-1941

West Virginia University, Phi Alpha Theta, Delta Nu Chapter, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0957
Overview

The correspondence, records and newsletters of West Virginia University's History Honorary Society. Included are membership and financial records, minutes of meetings and committees, correspondence and bulletins from the International Office, and newsletters of the local chapter. There are also papers about the creation and installation of the Delta Nu Chapter. See also collection of records transferred by West Virginia University history professor William Arnett, A&M 5151.

Dates: 1952-82

William Arnett, History Professor, Records of Phi Alpha Theta and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5151
Scope and Contents Records created and accumulated by West Virginia University (WVU) History Professor William Arnett, including primarily administrative records of Phi Alpha Theta, a student organization for history students at WVU. Includes two ledgers from the founding of the local Delta Nu Chapter, including minute book (1952-1964) and financial ledger (1952-1970). There is also correspondence, newsletters, bulletins, announcements, membership records, and convention records, among other Delta Nu material....
Dates: 1952-1978

William D. Barns, Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3279
Overview Dr. William D. Barns (1917-1991) was a professor of history at West Virginia University from 1940 to 1985. His fields of specialization were American agriculture and labor history, West Virginia and regional history, American economic history, and the United States since 1860. The material has been divided into three main sections of archives, books, and periodicals, and described to the box level. The contents of this collection were created or collected by Dr. William D. Barns and Mrs....
Dates: ca. 1842-1995; Majority of material found within 1940-1985

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